The reply follows Clinton’s refusal to address the topic in a People magazine interview. Clinton told the magazine that she had not read Lewinsky’s essay, and that she’s “moved on,” and she has reiterated the latter point in the ABC interview. “She is in my view, an American who gets to express herself however she chooses, but that's not something that I spend a lot of time thinking about,” Clinton told Sawyer.

Most political observers agree it’s unlikely that an affair from the late 90s could significantly impact Clinton’s chances at winning the White House in 2016—answering a question or two now about the scandal is likely Clinton’s way of leaving the discussion behind her before primary season even begins. (Of course, some of her eventual opponents may have other intentions.)

Finally, we conclude this edition of Today in Hillary with news from a Tuesday book signing in New York, where she drew the ire of attending reporters. The press was told they could only stay for the first 20 minutes of the two-hour event, and imagined themselves as mutineers (read: they tweeted their frustrations).

Hillary Clinton: Well, she's perfectly free to do that. She is in my view, an American who gets to express herself however she chooses, but that's not something that I spend a lot of time thinking about.

Sawyer: Really?

Clinton: Really. Really. Yeah, I mean, I wrote about it in my book Living History, I dealt with it at the time, I have moved on, and that's how I see, you know, my life and my future.

Sawyer: You're not looking at me thinking, She is, asking these questions again.

Clinton: No, because I knew you would, I knew you’d have to. I mean, it’s somebody in the news. You have every right to ask and I have every right to tell you how I feel.

Sawyer: Did you call her a “narcissistic loony-toon?”

Clinton: I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late 90s.

Sawyer: She has said she has lived all of these years as a punchline. Is there anything you would say to her about her life?

Clinton: Well, I would wish her well. I hope that she is able to, you know, think about her future and construct a life that she finds meaning and satisfaction in.

Sawyer: How are you different than you were then?

Clinton: Well, I think the eight years of the presidency taught me a lot . . . And then my eight years in the Senate…I have tried to become a deeper, more understanding, more open, more grateful person, as I've gone through these last 20 years, because I don’t think you need more political combat in our country.

Sawyer: Would you say that’s right-wing conspiracy again?

Clinton: I probably would not, because I think that it became, you know, an excuse for not looking at what was clearly a concerted political effort against the Clinton administration, just as we had seen against the Obama administration.